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Changing How We Understand Productivity

We are not a factory pumping out products. Our constant switching of context, and checking our smartphone notifications/email has a huge impact on our productivity, focus and our ability to get things done. We are rarely productive in the real sense but feel productive doing pseudo-work all the time.

Productivity is not getting more stuff done every day, but getting important stuff done in a consistent manner.

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